Artificial gravity breaks free from science fiction
Artificial gravity has long been the stuff of science fiction. Picture the wheel-shaped ships from films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Martian,...
Kirigami can spin terahertz rays in real time to peer into biological tissue
With a light-spinning device inspired by the Japanese art of paper cutting, University of Michigan researchers have detected microscopic twists in the internal structure...
Researchers detect bromine atoms in springtime Arctic
For the first time, researchers at the University of Michigan have detected bromine atoms in the atmosphere, and in doing so, have confirmed the...
Black hole brings down curtain on jellyfish galaxy’s star turn
The role of an excited black hole in the death of an exotic 'jellyfish' galaxy will be presented today (3 July) by Callum Bellhouse...
Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth
Beryllium, a hard, silvery metal long used in X-ray machines and spacecraft, is finding a new role in the quest to bring the power...
Researchers identify the origins of metabolism
A Rutgers-led study sheds light on one of the most enduring mysteries of science: How did metabolism—the process by which life powers itself by...
World’s smallest MRI performed on single atoms
Researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) at Ewha Womans University have made a major scientific...
Getting more heat out of sunlight
A newly developed material that is so perfectly transparent you can barely see it could unlock many new uses for solar heat. It generates...
Physicist finds loose thread of string theory puzzle
A University of Colorado Boulder physicist is one step closer to solving a string theory puzzle 20 years in the making.
Paul Romatschke, an associate...
Generation and sampling of quantum states of light in a silicon chip
Scientists from the University of Bristol and the Technical University of Denmark have found a promising new way to build the next generation of...
Altitude record for porcini mushrooms
ETH researchers have discovered Boletus edulis (porcini mushrooms) growing at an elevation of over 2,400 metres in the Lower Engadine—the highest altitude ever recorded for these...
